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openSUSE Security Update : gsoap (openSUSE-2017-842) (Devil's Ivy)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102011

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gsoap fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2017-9765: A remote attacker may have triggered a buffer overflow to cause a server crash (denial of service) after sending 2GB of a specially crafted XML message, or possibly have unspecified futher impact.
 (bsc#1049348)

Solution

Update the affected gsoap packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1049348

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102011

File Name: openSUSE-2017-842.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2017

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9765

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgsoap-2_8_33-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgsoap-2_8_46-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsoap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsoap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgsoap-2_8_33, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gsoap-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgsoap-2_8_46

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9765